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has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law,grammar,linguistics
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[ noun ] (grammar,linguistics) a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
Examples "he always spoke in grammatical sentences" Used in print (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)I reconstruct his sentences from notes made immediately after our conversation . (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)This sentence would have most_of the characteristics of a question , but it has some of the characteristics of a statement because the questioner has conveyed the fact that he has no faith in his own timepiece or the one attached to his car . (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)And I select this sentence as its pertinent summation : `` In_essence the drama of his ( Eisenhower 's ) Presidency can be described as the ordeal of a nation turned conservative and struggling - thus_far with but limited and precarious success - to give effective voice and force to_that conservatism '' . (Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)The director helped tailor-make a check_list of the district_manager 's errors by asking various observers to write_out sentences commenting on the mistakes they felt he made . (Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)In sentences , patterns of stress are determined by complex combinations of influences that can only be suggested here . |
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[ verb ] (law) pronounce a sentence on, in a court of law
Examples "He was condemned to ten years in prison" Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)For these crimes he was sentenced to be hanged in_public on Friday , December 2 , 1859 . Related terms declare declare foredoom reprobate court-martial law conviction disapprobation prison_term convict |
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
Synonyms Examples "the conviction came as no surprise" Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)Concerning the sentence the editor asked , `` What else can Virginia do than to hang the men who have defied her laws , organized treason , and butchered her citizens '' . In the eastern section of the state the newspapers ' reaction to Brown 's trial and sentence were basically identical . Concerning the sentence , Foss wrote , `` If it be possible that mercy shall override vengeance and that John_Brown 's sentence shall be commuted to imprisonment , it would be well - well for the country and for Virginia '' . Concerning the sentence , Foss wrote , `` If it be possible that mercy shall override vengeance and that John_Brown 's sentence shall be commuted to imprisonment , it would be well - well for the country and for Virginia '' . Despite the excitement being caused by the trial and sentence of John_Brown , Rhode_Islanders turned their attention to the state elections . |
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[ noun ] the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
Synonyms Examples "he served a prison term of 15 months" "his sentence was 5 to 10 years" "he is doing time in the county jail" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The sentence : 360 days ' confinement in the county jail . When authorities convicted him of practicing medicine without a license ( he got_off with a suspended sentence of three years because of his advanced age of 77 ) , one of his victims was not around to testify : He was dead of cancer . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)A week later the sentence of the Council was carried_out : Jake_Camaret and the woman were marched naked through the streets past a mocking populace . |
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